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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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